SCROPHULARIACE^— FIGWORT 



FAMILY 



PURPLE GERARDIA 



Gerdrdia purpurea 



Gerardia, named in honor of John Gerarde, an 

 English herbalist. 



A native annual found in moist soil, generally 



near the coast or in the vicinity of the Great 



Lakes, having showy purple flowers. Maine, 



south along the coast and west to Minnesota. 



August-October. 



Stem. — One to two feet high, with rigid, widely 

 spreading branches. 



Leaves. — Opposite, the upper alternate, linear with 

 acute tips, one to two inches long, rough-margined. 



Flowers. — Showy, large, varying from bright purple 

 to purple-pink dnd white, about an inch long, borne 

 along the rigid branches. 



Calyx. — Bell-shaped, five-toothed; teeth short. 



Corolla. — Funnel-form; tube much inflated and 

 spreading into five, unequal, rounded lobes, spotted 

 within and sometimes downy. 



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